Advertising device



Dec. 3, 1940. H. w. STERNBERG ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Feb. 7, 1939 \ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1940 n h 2,223,433

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, I a p i 2,223,433 f I ADVERTISING DEVICE Huot Walter Sternberg, wanna, Conn., assigi1or to The Owen ,Silent Spring Company, Inc.,

Bridgeport, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Application February 7, 1939, SerialNo. 255,035

10' Claims. (01. 40-125) This invention relates to an advertising dismatter may be imprinted, such as the design of p ay d v a d more p c a y to O e of he theinterior spring construction of the mattress roller shade type. and any other special features to which it is de- One of the objects of this invention is to prosired to call the prospective purchasers attenvide an advertising" device of the roller shade tion. This sheet is made of any suitable ma- 5 yp in W ich he support for the roller shade terial such as shade material or the like which is held in position by the article which is admay be supported on a roller l2 which may be vertised. the usual spring type shade roller so that the A more specific object of this invention is to sheet may be readily rolled up on the roller produce an advertising device of this character whe it, i desired to display the top of the 10 for advertising mattresses and the like which mattress.

includes a support into which the mattresses may As a means for supporting the roller in proper be inser ed o hat the w i h f the ma e relation to the mattress, I have provided a supand t Shape Of the mattress y b utilized port I, Figs. 1 and 2, whichcomprises a base I 5 l to h ld h upp r n p n to p p y a i and upstanding right triangular members I6 and 1.5,

the shade roller advertising sheet when it isunn on the ends of the base upon which the ends w und and d awn across the mattress 0f the roller may, if desired, be supported by no e Obje o this invention is 130 D means of well-known shade roller supporting )0 Vide means where y e p y be folded brackets l8, one of which is indicated on the for e 111 pp member l6, Fig. 2. On the rear edge of the base Another object of this invention is to provide |5 s' upstandihg member 9 which may be means for clamping the Support to the a e integral with the base and members 16 and l1,

be advertisedif desired, and integrally connected to the upper end of the upstanding member I9 is a forwardly the support with an extension which simulates projecting hood member 20 which projects over the head end of bed and which provides means the roller to substantially conceal the same.

for supporting a display card or sheet. I This member may also be integral with the upother obJectS of thls mventlon W111 appear standing members It and I! or the various memfrom the following description taken in connechers l5 '6 n '9 and 20 may be made of 0 tion with the drawing in whicha Fig. 1 Shows a preferred form of my invention arate pieces connected together In any suitable manner. The members 5 and I l are extended m assemb1ed relatmn 1 and i at right angles to the base l5 and at right angles which the sheet upon which the advertising matto th member '9 hich also extends t i ht ter appears is in displaying position on the W a r g r' 5 mattress, angles to the base I5 and the members l6 and 30 I"! are spaced to receive the end of the mattress Fig. 2 1s a perspective view of the device shown in Fig partly broken away, with the adver as shown in Fig. 1 whereby when the mattress tisin shee on smo when positioned as in Fig. 1 will hold the sup- Fig. 3 is pe spe ctiv e v i w of a modified form port Securely 905mm agamst movement 40 of support; towards the pro ecting end of the mattress as 4 is a perspective View of another modi the shade is drawn over the mattress as shown fled f r of support; in Fig. 1 and also cause the sheet to aline Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line Wlth the mattress 1S draw? over the 5 5 of the modificatio in Fig and mattress as shown In Fig. 1. If desired, one or Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another modified both of the members and l 7 may be Provided form of support, with hooks 2| upon which swatches of mattress For the purpose of disclosure, I have shown material y be supp edmy invention used for advertising a mattress dis- In Fig. 3 I have disclosed a modified construcclosed in perspective in Fig. 1 by the reference tion in which material has been cut away from character 9. The mattress may be supported the base 15a and the end members I60. and lla on any. suitablesupport l0 such as a platform to provide a lighter construction and the rear or bed spring or on a bed if desired. The adupstanding member l9a has been extended upvertisingrdisplay device comprises a sheet of wardly to simulate the head end of a bed which .material H upon which any suitable advertising may support a display card 22 inserted between connected as indicated to the members the shade roller and the member Mia, and resting on the base l5a as indicated.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5,

provision is made for folding the support for easy shipment. In this modification the base 15b is provided with an upstanding member 24 to which is hinged as by any suitable hinge construction 25, amember 26 provided with forwardly extending end flanges Nib and 11b to which brackets, not shown, supporting the roller 12 are secured. The member 26 may be extended forwardly to provide a hood member 200., corresponding to the hood member 20 in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of holding the member 26"in' vertical position and also for holding the support against lateral movement with respect to the mattress, each end of the member 26 is preferably connected by suitable linkage connections to ends of the base 151), the linkage connections comprising links 21 and 28 pivotally 15b and 2B and connected together by a break hinge construction as indicated at 29. When it isdesired to ship the support, the support may be folded as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 5 r

In Fig. 6 I have shown another, construction in which the base [5c consists of a narrow strip of material provided at its ends with upstanding members I60 and 11c which support a shade roller as indicated, the support He being provided with the usual circular opening rotatably receiving the trunnion fixed in one end of the shade roller and the support lEic being provided with a conventional form of interrupted non-circular locking opening .30 cooperating with the trunnion at the other .end rotatably mounted in it and to'which and the roller the roller spring is connected. Those details have not been shown as they are old and well-known. The members 160 and He are preferably connected together at their upper ends by a bar 3! and all of the members I50, I60, Ho and 3'! may be made from a continuous bar. For the purpose of holding the sup-port in position on the mattress I provide the support with a clamping bar 32 the ends of which may be turned downwardly asindicated at 33 and 34 to slidingly engage the members Hi0 and and in which are mounted threaded studs 35 and 36 projecting through slots 3'! and 38 in the members 160 and lie whereby the clamping member 32 may be raised before the mattress is laid on the base and then lowered into clamping engagement with the mattress in which position it may be clamped by means of thumb nuts 39 and 40. This provides a very much lighter construction than the other modifications described, at the same time providing means whereby the shade roller will be held against movement in the direction of the length of the mattress and in angular relation thereto when the advertising sheet H is drawn over the mattress asindicated in Fig. l.

While I have described several constructions made according to the principles of my invention, it is to be understood that I reserve the right to make'all such other changes as fall within the principles of the invention disclosed and hereinafter set forth in the claims.

I claim:

1. ,An advertising device comprising an advertising sheet, a roller therefor, and a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base upon which an end of an article to be advertised may be placed, an upstanding member for cooperating with the edge of said end of said article and and out of engagement forwardly extending flanges on said member on which said roller is journaled, said member consisting of two sections hinged together along a horizontal line, the upper section supporting said flanges and the lower section being connected to said base and of a height equal to the width of said flanges.

2. An advertising device comprising an advertising sheet, a roller therefor, a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base upon which an end of an article to be advertised may be placed, an upstanding member for cooperating with the edge of said end of said article, forwardly extending flanges on said member on which said roller is journaled, said member consisting of two sections hinged together, the upper section supporting said flanges and the lower section being connected to said base and of a height equal to the width of said flanges, and linkage connections between said base and said upper section of said upstanding member and located near the side edges thereof to receive and cooperate with the side edges of said article.

3. An advertising device comprising an advertising sheet, a roller therefor, a support in the form of a rectangular frame comprising a base upon which an article to be advertised maybe supported, end members in which said roller is journaled and a top member connecting said end members, a clamping member extending between said end members and adapted to be moved into with said article, and means for qslidably supporting said clamping member on said end members and for locking the same thereto. I 4. An advertising device comprising an advertising sheet, a roller therefor, a support in the form of a rectangular frame comprising a base upon which an article to be advertised may be supported, end members in which said roller is iournaled and a top member connecting said end members, a clamping member extending bee tween said end members and adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with said article, and means for slidably supporting said clamping member on said end members and for locking the same thereto, said end members being spaced to cooperate with the side edges of said article.

The combination withanarticle of substantially rectangular cross section, of an advertising device comprising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller upon which said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, a support for the roller comprising a base upon which one end of the article is placed to support the base in position, and means on said base supporting said roller above said end of said article, said sheet when unwoundbeing adapted to overlie said article.

6. The combination with an article'of substantially rectangular cross section, of an advertising device comprising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller uponwhich said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, a

support for the roller comprising a base uponwhich the end of the article is placed, and means on the base enclosing said end of the article and cooperating therewith to support said roller-for movement of said sheet along the length of said article.

7. The combination with an article of substantially rectangular cross section of an advertising device comp-rising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller upon which said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, and

a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base or supporting one end of the article and vertical members cooperating with the sides of the article to aline said sheet with the article as the sheet is drawn over the article.

8. The combination with an article of substantially rectangular cross section, of an advertising device comprising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller upon which said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, and a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base supporting one end of the article, upstanding members cooperating with the sides of said article on which said roller is journalled and an upstanding member on said base for cooperating with the adjacent end edge of the article, to aline said sheet with said article as said sheet is drawn over said article.

9. The combination with an article of substantially rectangular crosssection, of an advertising device comprising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller upon which said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, and a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base supporting one end of the article, upstanding members cooperating with the sides of said article and on which said roller is journalled and an upstanding member on said base for cooperating with the adjacent end edge of the article, to aline said sheet with said article as said sheet is drawn her over said roller.

10. The combination with an article of substantially rectangular cross section, of an advertising device comprising a sheet bearing advertising matter, a roller upon which said sheet may be wound and from which it may be unwound, and a support for said roller comprising a horizontal base supporting one end of the article, upstanding members cooperating with the sides of said article and on which said roller is journalled and an upstanding member on said base for cooperating with the adjacent end edge of the article, to aline said sheet with said article as said sheet is drawn over said article, and a hood 2() member projecting forward and from said latter upstanding member over said roller, said base and all of said members being connected together at their adjacent edges.

HUOT WALTER STERN BERG. 

